Hana Mandlíková

Hana Mandlíková

Country	Czechoslovakia  Australia
Residence	Prague, Czech Republic & Sanctuary Cove, Australia
Born	19 February 1962 (age 49) Prague
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1978
Retired	1990
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	US$ 3,340,959
Int. Tennis HOF	1994 (member page)
Singles
Career record	565–194
Career titles	27
Highest ranking	No. 3 (16 April 1984)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	W (1980, 1987)
French Open	W (1981)
Wimbledon	F (1981, 1986)
US Open	W (1985)
Doubles
Career record	330–153
Career titles	19
Highest ranking	No. 7 (21 December 1986)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1987, 1988)
French Open	F (1984)
Wimbledon	F (1986)
US Open	W (1989)
Other Doubles tournaments
WTA Championships	W (1986)
Last updated on: 1 September 2008.

Hana Mandlíková (born 19 February 1962, in Prague) is a former Czech professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia and later Australia. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles – two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the US Open. She was the runner-up at four Grand Slam singles events and won one Grand Slam women's doubles title, the US Open in 1989 with Martina Navrátilová. Beginning with the 1980 US Open and extending through Wimbledon in 1981, Mandlíková played in four consecutive Grand Slam singles finals.

Struggling with injuries and a lack of confidence, Mandlíková retired at the relatively early age of 28.

Personal life

Mandlíková is the daughter of Vilém Mandlík, who was an Olympic 200 meter semifinalist for Czechoslovakia in 1956. Hana married Australian restaurateur Jan Sedlak in Prague in 1986:^[1] they divorced two years later, shortly after Mandlikova obtained Australian citizenship. In June 2002, she gave birth to twins Mark Vilém and Elisabeth Hana. Their father was a friend who was to have no role in their upbringing; Mandlikova intending to raise them with her partner, fitness trainer Liz Resseguie.^[2]

Career

Junior

Mandlíková first came to the tennis world's attention as a junior player. In 1978, the International Tennis Federation launched the world junior rankings, and Mandlíková became the first ever female World No. 1 junior player.

Professional

Mandlíková captured her first Grand Slam singles title at the Australian Open in 1980, defeating Wendy Turnbull in straight sets in the final. Her second came a year later at the French Open with straight-sets wins over Chris Evert in the semifinals and West German left-hander Sylvia Hanika in the final. Mandlíková was also the runner-up at the US Open in 1980 and 1982 and at Wimbledon in 1981, losing in all three finals to Evert.

In 1983, Mandlíková led Czechoslovakia to the first of three consecutive Fed Cup titles. The following year she defeated Martina Navratilova in three sets in the final at Oakland, California, ending Navratilova's 54 match winning streak, two short of tying the record held by Evert at the time. Navratilova then embarked on a 74 match winning streak, a record that still stands.

In 1985, Mandlíková became the first woman since Tracy Austin to beat both Evert and Navratilova in the same tournament when she beat the top seeded Evert in the semifinals and then the second seeded Navratilova in the three-set final at the US Open. The following year, Mandlíková teamed with Turnbull to win the women's doubles title at the WTA Tour Championships. In doing so, they defeated the top two teams of the time, Navratilova and Pam Shriver in the semifinals and Claudia Kohde Kilsch and Helena Suková in the final. Mandlíková and Turnbull were also runners-up to Navratilova and Shriver at Wimbledon and the US Open in 1986. Mandlíková also lost in the Wimbledon singles final that year to Navratilova but not before avenging her 1981 final loss to Evert in the semifinals. Another high point of Mandlíková's summer that year was a win over Steffi Graf in the quarterfinals of the French Open. Graf had won four titles that season on clay with victories over Mandlíková, Evert, Navratilova, Kohde Kilsch, and Gabriela Sabatini, and even held a match point in the second set of their quarterfinal before Mandlíková stopped Graf's run.

In 1987, Mandlíková won her fourth and final Grand Slam singles title when she beat Navratilova in straight sets in the final of the Australian Open. Her last consistent performance in a Grand Slam event was at the 1988 Australian Open, where, as the defending champion, she reached the quarterfinals before losing to the eventual champion, Steffi Graf.

Mandlíková and Navratilova then teamed in 1989 to win the US Open women's doubles title, beating Shriver and Mary Joe Fernandez in the final.

Mandlíková assumed Australian citizenship in 1988. She retired from the professional tennis tour in 1990, having won 27 singles titles and 19 doubles titles. Her career-high singles ranking was World No. 3.

Since retiring from the tour, Mandlíková has become a successful tennis coach. She coached Jana Novotná for 9 years, during which time Novotná won Wimbledon and reached the World No. 2 ranking. Mandlíková has also captained the Czech Republic's Fed Cup team.

Mandlíková is one of 13 women during the open era to have reached the singles final of all four Grand Slam tournaments. She is one of five women who have won Grand Slam singles titles on clay, grass, and hard courts, with the others being Graf, Navratilova, Evert, and Serena Williams.

Mandlíková was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1994.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1980	US Open	Hard	Chris Evert	7–5, 1–6, 1–6
Winner	1980	Australian Open (1)	Grass	Wendy Turnbull	6–0, 7–5
Winner	1981	French Open (1)	Clay	Sylvia Hanika	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	1981	Wimbledon	Grass	Chris Evert	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	1982	US Open	Hard	Chris Evert	3–6, 1–6
Winner	1985	US Open (1)	Hard	Martina Navratilova	7–6(3), 1–6, 7–6(2)
Runner-up	1986	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Martina Navratilova	6–7, 3–6
Winner	1987	Australian Open (2)	Grass	Martina Navratilova	7–5, 7–6(1)

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1984	French Open	Clay	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	1986	Wimbledon	Grass	Wendy Turnbull	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	1986	US Open	Hard	Wendy Turnbull	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	1989	US Open	Hard	Martina Navratilova	Mary Joe Fernandez Pam Shriver	7–5, 4–6, 6–4

Year-End Championships finals

Singles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Location	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1986	New York City	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	2–6, 0–6, 6–3, 1–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title, 0 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1986	New York City	Carpet (I)	Wendy Turnbull	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6–4, 6–7(4), 6–3

Titles (46)

Singles (27)

Legend Grand Slams (4)

Titles by Surface Hard (4) Clay (4) Grass (7) Carpet (12)

No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	26 February 1978	Milan, Italy	Clay	Hana Strachonová	7–5, 6–2
2.	15 October 1978	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Sabina Simmonds	6–1, 5–7, 6–3
3.	4 February 1979	Montreal, Canada	Carpet (I)	Leslie Allen	7–6, 6–2
4.	22 July 1979	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Sylvia Hanika	2–6, 7–5, 6–3
5.	2 December 1979	Melbourne, Australia	Grass	Wendy Turnbull	6–3, 6–2
6.	16 December 1979	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Virginia Ruzici	7–5, 2–2 (ret.)
7.	23 December 1979	Sydney, Australia	Grass	Bettina Bunge	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
8.	24 August 1980	Mahwah, USA	Hard	Andrea Jaeger	6–7(0), 6–2, 6–2
9.	28 September 1980	Atlanta, USA	Carpet (I)	Wendy Turnbull	6–3, 7–5
10.	2 November 1980	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet (I)	Bettina Bunge	6–2, 6–2
11.	16 November 1980	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (I)	Virginia Ruzici	5–7, 6–2, 7–5
12.	30 November 1980	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Wendy Turnbull	6–0, 7–5
13.	14 December 1980	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Sue Barker	6–2, 6–4
14.	22 February 1981	Houston, USA	Hard (I)	Bettina Bunge	6–4, 6–4
15.	6 June 1981	French Open, Paris	Clay	Sylvia Hanika	6–2, 6–4
16.	30 August 1981	Mahwah, USA	Hard	Pam Casale	6–2, 6–2
17.	8 January 1984	Washington, DC, USA	Carpet (I)	Zina Garrison	6–1, 6–1
18.	15 January 1984	Oakland, USA	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	7–6(6), 3–6, 6–4
19.	5 February 1984	Houston, USA	Carpet (I)	Manuela Maleeva	6–4, 6–2
20.	25 March 1984	Dallas, USA	Carpet (I)	Kathy Jordan	7–6(3), 3–6, 6–1
21.	2 April 1984	Boston, USA	Carpet (I)	Helena Suková	7–5, 6–0
22.	24 February 1985	Oakland, USA	Carpet (I)	Chris Evert	6–2, 6–4
23.	9 March 1985	Princeton, USA	Carpet (I)	Catarina Lindqvist	6–3, 7–5
24.	7 September 1985	US Open, New York City	Hard	Martina Navratilova	7–6(3), 1–6, 7–6(2)
25.	4 January 1987	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Pam Shriver	6–2, 2–6, 6–4
26.	24 January 1987	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Martina Navratilova	7–5, 7–6(1)
27.	29 March 1987	Washington, DC, USA	Carpet (I)	Barbara Potter	6–4, 6–2

Doubles (19)

Grand Slam events in boldface.

1979: Adelaide (with Virginia Ruzici) 1980: Perugia (with Renáta Tomanová) 1980: Filderstadt (with Betty Stöve) 1980: Amsterdam (with Betty Stöve) 1984: Marco Island (with Helena Suková) 1984: Hilton Head (Claudia Kohde-Kilsch) 1984: Orlando (with Claudia Kohde-Kilsch) 1985: Oakland (with Wendy Turnbull) 1985: Amelia Island (with Rosalyn Fairbank) 1985: Filderstadt (with Pam Shriver)

1985: Zürich (with Andrea Temesvári) 1985: Sydney (with Wendy Turnbull) 1986: Oakland (with Wendy Turnbull) 1986: Virginia Slims Championships (with Wendy Turnbull) 1987: Brisbane (with Wendy Turnbull) 1987: San Francisco (with Wendy Turnbull) 1989: Indian Wells (with Pam Shriver) 1989: Hilton Head (with Martina Navratilova) 1989: US Open (with Martina Navratilvoa)

Runner-ups (43)

Singles (24)

Legend Grand Slams (4) WTA Championships (1)

Runner-ups by surface Hard (6) Clay (6) Grass (4) Carpet (8)

No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	20 April 1980	Amelia Island, USA	Clay	Martina Navrátilová	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
2.	27 July 1980	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Virginia Ruzici	3–6, 6–1 (ret.)
3.	6 September 1980	US Open, New York City	Hard	Chris Evert	5–7, 6–1, 6–1
4.	21 September 1980	Las Vegas, USA	Hard (I)	Andrea Jaeger	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
5.	1 February 1981	Chicago, USA	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	6–4, 6–2
6.	2 February 1981	Detroit, USA	Carpet (I)	Leslie Allen	6–4, 6–4
7.	4 April 1981	Carlsbad, USA	Hard	Chris Evert	6–4, 6–3
8.	4 July 1981	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Chris Evert	6–2, 6–2
9.	9 May 1982	Perugia, Italy	Clay	Chris Evert	6–0, 6–2
10.	20 June 1982	Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Martina Navratilova	6–4, 6–3
11.	11 September 1982	US Open, New York City	Hard	Chris Evert	6–3, 6–1
12.	30 January 1983	Marco Island, USA	Clay	Andrea Jaeger	6–1, 6–3
13.	28 August 1983	Mahwah, USA	Hard	Jo Durie	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
14.	18 November 1984	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet (I)	Manuela Maleeva	6–1, 1–6, 6–4
15.	6 April 1985	Palm Beach Gardens, USA	Clay	Chris Evert	6–3, 6–3
16.	3 November 1985	Zürich, Switzerland	Carpet (I)	Zina Garrison	6–1, 6–3
17.	24 November 1985	Sydney, Australia	Grass	Martina Navratilova	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
18.	23 March 1986	Virginia Slims Championships, New York City	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–0, 3–6, 6–1
19.	5 July 1986	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Martina Navratilova	7–6(1), 6–3
20.	19 October 1986	Filderstadt, West Germany	Hard (I)	Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–3
21.	9 November 1986	Worcester, USA	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–2
22.	16 November 1986	Chicago, USA	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	7–5, 7–5
23.	19 April 1987	Amelia Island, USA	Clay	Steffi Graf	6–3, 6–4
24.	1 November 1987	Zürich, Switzerland	Carpet (I)	Steffi Graf	6–2, 6–2

Doubles (19)

Grand Slam events in boldface.

1980: Kitzbühel (with Renáta Tomanová) 1980: Stockholm (with Betty Stöve) 1981: Detroit (with Betty Stöve) 1983: Amelia Island (with Virginia Ruzici) 1983: Sydney (with Helena Suková) 1984: French Open (Claudia Kohde-Kilsch) 1984: Montreal (with Claudia Kohde-Kilsch) 1984: Zürich (with Claudia Kohde-Kilsch) 1985: Delray Bay (with Kathy Jordan) 1985: Los Angeles (with Wendy Turnbull)

1986: Princeton (with Helena Suková) 1986: Dallas (with Wendy Turnbull) 1986: Wimbledon (with Wendy Turnbull) 1986: US Open (with Wendy Turnbull) 1987: Amelia Island (with Wendy Turnbull) 1988: Oakland (with Jana Novotná) 1989: Brighton (with Jana Novotná) 1990: Brisbane (with Pam Shriver) 1990: Berlin (with Jana Novotná)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	Career SR
Australian Open	A	QF	W	QF	2R	2R	A	SF	NH	W	QF	4R	3R	2 / 10
French Open	2R	QF	SF	W	SF	QF	SF	QF	SF	2R	2R	1R	A	1 / 12
Wimbledon	A	4R	4R	F	2R	4R	SF	3R	F	A	3R	4R	2R	0 / 11
US Open	3R	2R	F	QF	F	QF	QF	W	4R	4R	A	3R	A	1 / 11
SR	0 / 2	0 / 4	1 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	1 / 4	0 / 3	1 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 2	4 / 44

NH = tournament not held.

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

See also

• Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

References

External links

• Hana Mandlíková at the Women's Tennis Association
• Hana Mandlíková at the International Tennis Federation
• Hana Mandlíková at the Fed Cup
• International Tennis Hall of Fame